Follow-Up: Iran's Revolutionary Guards Say an LNG Tanker Hit a Naval Mine and Exploded in the Strait of Hormuz; Vessel Name and Casualties Not Released

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy said on November 13, through Iranian state media, that a tanker carrying liquefied natural gas struck a naval mine and suffered an explosion in the Strait of Hormuz that day. Iran said the vessel was using what it described as an "unauthorised and dangerous route." Reuters reported the claim on November 13.

Iran released no details on the tanker - no name, flag, owner or crew casualties - and Reuters said no details on the vessel were immediately available. This report presents the claim as Iran's account only; the cause of the explosion has not been independently verified and is not stated here as established fact.

It was the second straight day of reported vessel explosions in the strait. Iran's military said on November 12 that four oil tankers in total had been hit by explosions in or near the waterway, which GSM covered in a follow-up report. According to data from the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, at least 10 ships were hit in the first 10 days of November, after 37 attacks in October, the highest monthly tally since the conflict began in late February. Tankers are still facing attacks across the strait despite a rebound in traffic and expectations of de-escalation in the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran that had been reflected in falling oil prices.

Related: Follow-Up: Iran's Army Says Two More Tankers Hit Mines in the Eastern Strait of Hormuz: Iran Puts the Total at Four Tankers Hit by Explosions

(Source: Reuters)

Source: Reuters

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Photo: 图：霍尔木兹海峡卫星图（资料图）。照片为公共领域作品，NASA MODIS 陆地快速响应团队摄制，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: Satellite view of the Strait of Hormuz (file photo). Public domain, NASA MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, via Wikimedia Commons.

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